Optimization and performance enhancement of concentrating solar power in a hot and arid desert environment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.111411
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Optimization; Performance enhancement; Concentrating solar power (CSP); Parabolic trough (PT); Thermal energy storage (TES); Dry cooling; Wind power; Arid desert environment; Solar resource; Wind resource; Kuwait; Shagaya;All these keywords.
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